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i don't see how a city can function when only 10 percent can afford to live in the city. i wish you a lot of lucky think you will succeed thank you >> next speaker >> . >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so i'm mrs. lee i'm here today because you know i was also a victim of ellis eviction. my landlord used the outlines to evict me i found a place to live with my family. i'm glad for the community support and the city government and also the board of supervisors. i'm really here today to not talk about myself but those still out there still being evicted and displaced. i recommend and suggest that in the city we really need to think and to look deeply in how to address the eviction issue. for a lot of people that applied for the applications those are people we need to think about because when it comes down to it i don't believe the ellis act should be used by landlord as a way to evict tenant. in particular our city we need to take a course of objection action in that regard. there a lot of seniors people that are disabled have a hard time finding housing. at the same tim
i don't see how a city can function when only 10 percent can afford to live in the city. i wish you a lot of lucky think you will succeed thank you >> next speaker >> . >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so i'm mrs. lee i'm here today because you know i was also a victim of ellis eviction. my landlord used the outlines to evict me i found a place to live with my family. i'm glad for the community support and the city government and also the board of supervisors. i'm...
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facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley
facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric...
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now we have a city hall family smart enough to lie for each other. now we have david chiu having us arrested. now the lies don't matter because only money matters. in fact, it's been a rough 50 years and the lies cost more than the money. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. >> if you want to pull the mic. a little closer to you. >> sure. >> perfect, thank you. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the board, my name is [inaudible] aluciano, and also with me are some of my co-workers of at&t ballpark, i've worked concessions at the giants games since 1976. in 1993, volume servers which is now known as center plate took over the concessions from harry and stephen. we all went to the union but we didn't have job security in our contract language. in order to keep our jobs, we all had to agree to take a $4 an hour wage cut. it's taken 20 years for us to get back to that rate that we had there before. we want to make sure that the situation never happens again by winning job security language in this contract. the wor
now we have a city hall family smart enough to lie for each other. now we have david chiu having us arrested. now the lies don't matter because only money matters. in fact, it's been a rough 50 years and the lies cost more than the money. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. >> if you want to pull the mic. a little closer to you. >> sure. >> perfect, thank you. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the board, my name is...
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new ruling opens the door for the motor city to cut billions of dollars in payments to city employees retiree's investors and other creditors earlier i spoke with anthony randolph the director of economic research at the reason foundation about the city's bankruptcy troubles and i started off by asking him if he felt the judge's decision to greenlight detroit's chapter nine bankruptcy filing was the right thing to do. i did the made the right decision clearly detroit is insolvent and so the bondholders claims that they could raise taxes to pay off the stead or even sell things their assets are there are that they would have enough money from those sales to pay off their debt and still continue forward those arguments were spirits and the idea that detroit is an insolvent is crazy for the bar for the pension ers that claim that the constitution of michigan does not allow for the city to amend pension benefits they seem to have a pretty strong claim to the judge ruled that in years past that you go into bankruptcy is like this that you have to be able to break contracts and so he want t
new ruling opens the door for the motor city to cut billions of dollars in payments to city employees retiree's investors and other creditors earlier i spoke with anthony randolph the director of economic research at the reason foundation about the city's bankruptcy troubles and i started off by asking him if he felt the judge's decision to greenlight detroit's chapter nine bankruptcy filing was the right thing to do. i did the made the right decision clearly detroit is insolvent and so the...
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>> i think it is going to be by community, by the jurisdiction, by city boy city because east city has a different cost of living. here in the district of columbia, it's extremely costly to live in the nation's capitol. wages are somewhere around $35 per hour. so even at $11 and $0.50 per hour, that's less than $25,000 a year. so you would need to have another person join with you just to get to a 50,000 dollar household to be able to go out and try to find affected alan affordable housing? >> some say this tends to dampen employment and you have to increase wages to workers, you might higher fewer people. >> that isn't true. the d.c. chamber represent wal-mart. my job is to represent the general welfare of the citizens. >> same argument is made around the country? >> same argument but the counter argument is that our citizen citizens are nut making enough money to be self-sufficient. they have to go to the federal government for food stamps, for a housing voucher, energy assistant, child care on average is about $13,000 a year. if i am paying you 825 an hour, that's only about $15,000
>> i think it is going to be by community, by the jurisdiction, by city boy city because east city has a different cost of living. here in the district of columbia, it's extremely costly to live in the nation's capitol. wages are somewhere around $35 per hour. so even at $11 and $0.50 per hour, that's less than $25,000 a year. so you would need to have another person join with you just to get to a 50,000 dollar household to be able to go out and try to find affected alan affordable...
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, that brings people to the city. and i have employees that live in the city that need to get to work i have folks that need to get to court and go and go. i need transit. and i want to just say that on market street, i bought a building between polk and van ess where you need the courage and the bullet proof vest to get to work every day and i stayed there it seems to be a great place, twitter finds it to be an ideal location to be but it always wasn't. and what made the difference is the way that market street has evolved. and one of the most important going to collapse. transit is like water, if you put in a block in one place, it will move another place if you give that need another avenue it will take it and as a small business person, thank you for holding this meeting and thank you for helping my people get to work and my clients get to my office and to keep the city alive, thank you. >> thank you. >> next? >> mary lauren hall. swarts, and kaplin of >> i am with the alliance for biking and walking and an organi
, that brings people to the city. and i have employees that live in the city that need to get to work i have folks that need to get to court and go and go. i need transit. and i want to just say that on market street, i bought a building between polk and van ess where you need the courage and the bullet proof vest to get to work every day and i stayed there it seems to be a great place, twitter finds it to be an ideal location to be but it always wasn't. and what made the difference is the way...
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if we're looking at a larger issue about workers, we're talking about, yes, they may not be in the city and county of san francisco but maybe going down to santa clara county. >> they've been rewarded with that, but there is a responsibility, absolutely, for center plate to do this but we think that the responsibility goes beyond that because these are jobs that unfortunately are very low wage and it's not only center plate that is ignoring the responsibilities we're focusing on, the giants won two world series in four years and our members have not had a wage increase in four years during that entire time which in our view is quite unconscionable. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. casey, next speaker. >> thank you, mr. president. members of the bore, my name is christopher ball, i live at 1011 howard street, i wanted to bring your attention to -- i thought somebody would get that. the bicycle coalition has offered for your perusal on the website and i want to -- please note that 50 feet is the probable elevation of the whole impact of greenland melting. we can fix this, we know
if we're looking at a larger issue about workers, we're talking about, yes, they may not be in the city and county of san francisco but maybe going down to santa clara county. >> they've been rewarded with that, but there is a responsibility, absolutely, for center plate to do this but we think that the responsibility goes beyond that because these are jobs that unfortunately are very low wage and it's not only center plate that is ignoring the responsibilities we're focusing on, the...
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the only exception is the city of san francisco. widespread lows in the mid-20s to the low 30s so watch out. protect plants if you can and make sure the pets come inside. these are some of your overnight lows. santa rosa tonight 24. tomorrow morning in livermore 25. concord 27. redwood city 30. so a widespread freeze is coming up. we sent len ramirez to gilroy today to talk about how the farmers are going to deal with this very hard freeze. >>> reporter: paul, it's going to be a very long night for growers here in southern santa clara county and all over the bay area, for that matter. there are a lot of crops in the ground right now but there have been preparations under way all day to save the sensitive plants. >> excuse me. >> reporter: with just hours to go before the coming frost -- >> yeah, they can die. >> reporter: lena and her workers are giving these young orange trees a potentially life- saving white winter blanket. >> the big trees don't get damaged as easy as the tiny ones but the small ones we really have to protect the
the only exception is the city of san francisco. widespread lows in the mid-20s to the low 30s so watch out. protect plants if you can and make sure the pets come inside. these are some of your overnight lows. santa rosa tonight 24. tomorrow morning in livermore 25. concord 27. redwood city 30. so a widespread freeze is coming up. we sent len ramirez to gilroy today to talk about how the farmers are going to deal with this very hard freeze. >>> reporter: paul, it's going to be a very...
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when we approach the city or when staff approaches the city it's not a generic wish, it's something very concrete. >> i'm okay with that. >> okay. do we have that language proposal clear? >> did we get that? >> i think you could have it as a second resolve so be it further resolved that the commission hereby strongly urges the city and county of san francisco to take into consideration the concerns and demands of the relevant communities, including but not limited to fillmore and hunters point. >> that sounds great. >> would those recommendations come from us, is it our job to get those recommendations attached to? >> i think we do not have to answer that question today. you know why? because part of the reason why i've been so vague about the whole process is there cease on the properties that will transfer to offices of so we need to look at how that's going to work. okay. >> i move a resolution that has that language in it. >> i second the stipulation. >> thank you very much. madam secretary please call the roll. >> johnson. >> i. >> the vote is five i's. >> thank you very much. we're
when we approach the city or when staff approaches the city it's not a generic wish, it's something very concrete. >> i'm okay with that. >> okay. do we have that language proposal clear? >> did we get that? >> i think you could have it as a second resolve so be it further resolved that the commission hereby strongly urges the city and county of san francisco to take into consideration the concerns and demands of the relevant communities, including but not limited to...
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we know how important city college is to immigrant community. and we needed to convey how important to keep city college open it's a lifeline for immigrant and what they contributed to san francisco. we're concerned about the impact of the affordable health care and there's also some day to day issues like driver's license issues and, you know, local law enforcement issues making sure that the language access is there for all our community. we've done good due diligence and really understanding the issues but most important to make you all aware of what's important in the immigrant community >> you've having had a a lot of collective issues have you done any advocacy on the national level as we continue to push for immigration. >> our chair a bill who has a national renowned voice he's been our representative here in san francisco and kathleen here background is good and her writings have been 235u6r7d featured. we've used the expertise to bring, this up to the national level nooifrt congress people and there's been 87 in sacramento. i think we'
we know how important city college is to immigrant community. and we needed to convey how important to keep city college open it's a lifeline for immigrant and what they contributed to san francisco. we're concerned about the impact of the affordable health care and there's also some day to day issues like driver's license issues and, you know, local law enforcement issues making sure that the language access is there for all our community. we've done good due diligence and really understanding...
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beautiful city too oh so opera house. favor fan encounter do you have for me. yeah i have i have tons on one time this this girl she waited in the closet in the janitor's closet for a couple hours waiting for my set to start started she ran out states and hugged me would not let it go at life for another fifteen encounter. she's kind of kind of different this lady brought a newborn baby had me about a week old baby she's like can you sign her forehead i'm like. no no i'm not going to do this. if not music what will you be the best will play right or doctor or you like medicine to yeah not a sudden medicine but i have a soft spot for people. or does she was want to work with. not really knowing favorite spot with jordan katon here in l.a. and we're going to know where is it. i don't know the restaurant. next it's amazing you have to go ok i'll try i'll try to use of the rose. toward you said. something no one knows about you. i can cut her pretty well all. sitting with the best fans. thank you first call you on. the cavalier. thank you thanks to my guest the ver
beautiful city too oh so opera house. favor fan encounter do you have for me. yeah i have i have tons on one time this this girl she waited in the closet in the janitor's closet for a couple hours waiting for my set to start started she ran out states and hugged me would not let it go at life for another fifteen encounter. she's kind of kind of different this lady brought a newborn baby had me about a week old baby she's like can you sign her forehead i'm like. no no i'm not going to do this....
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it's a financing structure that will allow san franciscans at no cost to our city st. to have refume upgrades to property homeowners in san francisco. it's the special pinsz that will help prevent energy efficient upgrade and a spreading e spraifd the cost recovery over the life the unit. it will help to finance upgrades through the property assessment and the capita will be priority by private entities would no financial risk to our at the center everyday we're here fortunately in lieu of to witness the clean up air energy economy we know this could trigger a market transformation for the evolution we're witnessing but in order to unleash the potential we must provide the cat lift for a are you unnecessarily product and services. that catalyst as i mentioned it green finance sf. we've seen other parts of the state here in california that have adapted pace programs like in riverside county and have each year the positive impacts. we know the stories of individual that have benefited from the pace programs. we know those upgrades can save money for crucial home improvem
it's a financing structure that will allow san franciscans at no cost to our city st. to have refume upgrades to property homeowners in san francisco. it's the special pinsz that will help prevent energy efficient upgrade and a spreading e spraifd the cost recovery over the life the unit. it will help to finance upgrades through the property assessment and the capita will be priority by private entities would no financial risk to our at the center everyday we're here fortunately in lieu of to...
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. >>> this is al-jazeera america, live from new york city. i am tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> it tells us what happened. it doesn't tell us why it happened. >> what happened is that the train that de-railed and killed four people in new york was going faster than it was supposed to. but figuring out why could take months. after two months offications, the federal government healthcare web sight appears to be working better but it's not working completely. that could mean more trouble. violent protests pit rich against pour. now, opposition leader threatening to overthrow thailand's government. >> 82 miles per hour. >> that's how fast federal investigators say a commuter train was going when it de-railed on sunday. four people died when the metro-north train jumped the tracks on, on a curve, dozens more were hurt. investigators now know how fast the train was going. they still don't know for sure why it de-railed. let's take you to jonathan martin. he is at the crash site in the bronx. jonathan? >> reporter: hey, tony. you
. >>> this is al-jazeera america, live from new york city. i am tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> it tells us what happened. it doesn't tell us why it happened. >> what happened is that the train that de-railed and killed four people in new york was going faster than it was supposed to. but figuring out why could take months. after two months offications, the federal government healthcare web sight appears to be working better but it's not working...
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and city attorney, if you have an answer. >> deputy city attorney john give more. on supervisor breed's question about the one-year extension, yes, this resolution would authorize the sheriff's department to enter into the retroactive contract for one year, and also to exercise the one-year option to extend. >> okay. so, basically my assessment of the resolution is correct? >> that's right. >> okay. so, i thank you. were you done? i'm sorry. >> um-hm. >> okay. so, i have a problem with this and i want to potentially change the resolution to allow for the retroactive extension which i think in march of 2014 would mean that it would expire, which would give the sheriff's department a lot more time to work out making potentially some recommended amendments to the contract. although i appreciate the services being provided, i have a problem with the fact that many of the persons who are paying for these telephone services are people who are mostly poor, and the fees that they're being charged are ridiculous rates. and what i am trying to understand is if the jail popul
and city attorney, if you have an answer. >> deputy city attorney john give more. on supervisor breed's question about the one-year extension, yes, this resolution would authorize the sheriff's department to enter into the retroactive contract for one year, and also to exercise the one-year option to extend. >> okay. so, basically my assessment of the resolution is correct? >> that's right. >> okay. so, i thank you. were you done? i'm sorry. >> um-hm. >>...
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i go to parts of the city that i don't come to. this will make the city a more sustapresentation. >> (clapping) welcome to the newly revitalized federal building at the united nations plaza as the new home of the recreational headquarters. it's a great day one we've been waiting for. today's event is the historic corner stone that celebrates the vintage building into a 21st century workplace. we have a number of guests. today's speakers are nancy pelosi congresswoman with the house of representatives (clapping) mrs. van with the fester of the general services administration (clapping.) the honorable mayor ed lee at the san francisco. and from hk architects. (clapping.) and crystal-clear barton artist with the cliff barton studio. thank you all for joining us the general services administrations is to deliver the best technology services to the government and american people. critical parts are providing with that,s that preserve the integrity off our historic fats and incorporating the design features all have been integrated. thos
i go to parts of the city that i don't come to. this will make the city a more sustapresentation. >> (clapping) welcome to the newly revitalized federal building at the united nations plaza as the new home of the recreational headquarters. it's a great day one we've been waiting for. today's event is the historic corner stone that celebrates the vintage building into a 21st century workplace. we have a number of guests. today's speakers are nancy pelosi congresswoman with the house of...
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you cannot fix each and every crack in the city. it's like each city, you're talking about 3,000, 5,000 miles of pipe. so you have to prioritize where they can go and fix the system. narrator: each city faces unique situations, so they must determine the asset management approach that best addresses these challenges. inspections can be done with various technologies, often by a robot... or personally by a technician on a bicycle. sensors detect breaks, cracks, and weaknesses in the pipe. man: we have roots at this cap lateral at 79. narrator: tree roots can grow into the pipe, splitting it apart. man: more light roots at 69. narrator: sometimes they may even find fully collapsed sections. after gathering the data, utilities can assess the need for rehabilitation. sinha: you have to choose the rehabilitation technique so that the life of the pipe can be extended 30 years, 40 years, 50 years. allbee: any asset has an optimal investment strategy. if you're making investments in that asset too early, or too late, you're wasting money. i
you cannot fix each and every crack in the city. it's like each city, you're talking about 3,000, 5,000 miles of pipe. so you have to prioritize where they can go and fix the system. narrator: each city faces unique situations, so they must determine the asset management approach that best addresses these challenges. inspections can be done with various technologies, often by a robot... or personally by a technician on a bicycle. sensors detect breaks, cracks, and weaknesses in the pipe. man:...
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and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built u
and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers...
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we'll have that going as a prosperity owner until the property is transferred to the city or the city can make those policy choices as well >> i just have one comment. there's something between having that commission now just saying hopefully, the commission will come up with something and clearly it hadn't happened in the past. i think there needs to be another venue with authority to actually solve help with some of the issues >> the only comment i'll make is, you know, it sounds like time is of the essence and with the respect of the community in san francisco their undergoing tremendous change and hunter point and mission and if we wait too long and i say we the collective >> i think there's time in between now and the actual transfer or whatever we decide to do to hold the hearing or get some community folks together to make recommendations or see for it that we're doing our duty to make sure that these properties are >> those depend on the timing of the private development so it's a very fluid thing so from the heritage center that one, again, is more contingent on the results o
we'll have that going as a prosperity owner until the property is transferred to the city or the city can make those policy choices as well >> i just have one comment. there's something between having that commission now just saying hopefully, the commission will come up with something and clearly it hadn't happened in the past. i think there needs to be another venue with authority to actually solve help with some of the issues >> the only comment i'll make is, you know, it sounds...
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city clean. there are a number of classifications that no longer exist in the city, and there are a number of classifications that can also have these these enforcement powers at rec and park. >> no longer exercising those and so this is really, primarily clean up legislation and so if you have any questions. >> do we have any questions for the department of public works? >> no questions, and thank you very much for your work and why don't we open this up to public comment. i don't see any speaker cards, on item number one it appears that any member of the public who would like to speak, on item one, please come forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. so colleagues we have this item, this ordinance, amending the police code that has been introduced by supervisor cohen do we have a motion? >> supervisor mar? we have a motion to move this forward and so if we could take that without objection. >> mr. clerk, could you call item number two. >> it is a hearing to review the tender loin hunger
city clean. there are a number of classifications that no longer exist in the city, and there are a number of classifications that can also have these these enforcement powers at rec and park. >> no longer exercising those and so this is really, primarily clean up legislation and so if you have any questions. >> do we have any questions for the department of public works? >> no questions, and thank you very much for your work and why don't we open this up to public comment. i...
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detroit is a troubled city. it's lost tremendous employment. it's been disproportionately affect by nafta and the auto industry, it's lost population. and they are two radically different cases am but still, to your question, moderate adjustments, and the question of moderate adjustments is in the eye of the beholder. the average retiree-- retiree in detroit is $19,000 it that is the averagement there are many with $12,000 a year pensions. so if we're talking about moderate adjustments, are you saying $10, are you saying $100 a month? well, the emergency manage never detroit is talking about 16 cents on the dollar. is that a moderate adjustment. we say not. in the state of illinois it is a completely different circumstances. this is a state that the very same day voted to take away retiree's pension benefits an cut those benefits, adopted a multimillion dollar tax cut for multinational corporation within that state. so the state is not impoverished. the state is choosing priorities that are different than the citizens have chosen by adopting a
detroit is a troubled city. it's lost tremendous employment. it's been disproportionately affect by nafta and the auto industry, it's lost population. and they are two radically different cases am but still, to your question, moderate adjustments, and the question of moderate adjustments is in the eye of the beholder. the average retiree-- retiree in detroit is $19,000 it that is the averagement there are many with $12,000 a year pensions. so if we're talking about moderate adjustments, are you...
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but changes in living standards won't come overnight a fact many in the city of lights have just come to accept to live in paris. ok. tests are cilia r t paris thanks for being with us this morning where we want to know the world's exactly one twenty five am here in moscow. or even a hope for a country that shields it next with the news but between now and then. looks at how the new n.y.p.d. chief wants to get back to the controversial stop and frisk policy breaking the said after the break. we often see the middle east as a place of constant turmoil and revolution but people in thailand seem to be very fired up as well masses of protesters are forcing government ministries to shut down by storming them with human waves one such ministry is the thai equivalent of the american f.b.i. which has been accused of killing around ninety people in a crackdown on those who support ousted prime minister taksin shinawatra who is the brother of the current leader wow people are crying out for democracy with accusations of violence against protesters so where is barack obama john kerry the mainstr
but changes in living standards won't come overnight a fact many in the city of lights have just come to accept to live in paris. ok. tests are cilia r t paris thanks for being with us this morning where we want to know the world's exactly one twenty five am here in moscow. or even a hope for a country that shields it next with the news but between now and then. looks at how the new n.y.p.d. chief wants to get back to the controversial stop and frisk policy breaking the said after the break. we...
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the city really did not negotiate in good faith he moved to the next legal question was, did the city, was it even possible for them to negotiate and he said it really wasn't given the fact they had 100,000 creditors in an $18 billion debt, and then the other question he had to answer was, was it constitutional to file for bankruptcy and indeed he said yes, it was. an interestingly enough the judge said that detroit should have and could have filed for bankruptcy even years ago, given ththe financial situation it is in. >> so, christy, how do the pensions of city workers become a part of this? >> well, once they started going into chapter -- once they started going into chapter 9, the creditors are looking at the pensioners and the retirees they wanted to make sure that that money wasn't going to be touched, but what happened is, is they took a look at it and the judge said, you know what? in federal bankruptcy court that is a contract, the pension is going to be termed as a contract that can be restructured in this process, so even though the pensions are protected under the michigan
the city really did not negotiate in good faith he moved to the next legal question was, did the city, was it even possible for them to negotiate and he said it really wasn't given the fact they had 100,000 creditors in an $18 billion debt, and then the other question he had to answer was, was it constitutional to file for bankruptcy and indeed he said yes, it was. an interestingly enough the judge said that detroit should have and could have filed for bankruptcy even years ago, given ththe...
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and second, if it's to become a priority, it needs to become a priority in the city's budging plan. the mayor needs to start setting aside money in the general fund to address this and i think this body should strongly work with the mayor's budget office to make sure that the city starts budging for this and not cow towing to it. it's a priority but there has to be a marriage of the two. it has to be a priority and it has to be funded. >> thank you. councilmember wong, harriet wong. >> i was going to mention that in this low income housing that community spaces -- it's really important and now i see it in one of these resolutions here. because i think there's even, like, an sro on market and i think basically people go home and they just go back to their room and see that's a really sad way to live so community space and what the gentleman mentioned about the gardening you know the little spaces for gardening can mean a lot because that's also physical exercise for the person and -- but i do see it here so i think that's really good and that's what i had a question about. so thank y
and second, if it's to become a priority, it needs to become a priority in the city's budging plan. the mayor needs to start setting aside money in the general fund to address this and i think this body should strongly work with the mayor's budget office to make sure that the city starts budging for this and not cow towing to it. it's a priority but there has to be a marriage of the two. it has to be a priority and it has to be funded. >> thank you. councilmember wong, harriet wong....
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post a memorial in the city hall rotunda at 8:00 a.m. and in oakland a celebration is planned for noon at the plaza tomorrow. >> san francisco firefighters have a tough time this morning with the fire burning out a recycling plant that break out last night across highway 101 from candlestick park. matt is on the scene. matt? >> the smoke is still a major issue and it billowed out of the recology warehouse in san francisco. the fire has been burning for several hours first reported 598:30. the warehouse contains basic building material where contractors come to dump items like sheet rock, yard debris and lumber. san francisco fire department says the bulk of the fire is knocked out but a pile 100 yards and 8' tall continues to burn. it is generating so much smoke it has been difficult to get the crews in there. firefighters put on the oxygen tank and rotate shifts every 20 minutes. >> normally the facilities when we do not have a fire have large back hoes and front loaders that operate and move the trash around but because of the smoke co
post a memorial in the city hall rotunda at 8:00 a.m. and in oakland a celebration is planned for noon at the plaza tomorrow. >> san francisco firefighters have a tough time this morning with the fire burning out a recycling plant that break out last night across highway 101 from candlestick park. matt is on the scene. matt? >> the smoke is still a major issue and it billowed out of the recology warehouse in san francisco. the fire has been burning for several hours first reported...
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senator rand paul joins us from the motor city. tell us what your plan consists of. >> this is a free market plan to rescue detroit. weapon don't rescue detroit by taking money from houston or atlanta. we rescue detroit by leaving more money in detroit. what we've devised a plan that would dramatically lower taxes in detroit, bring the corporate income tax down to five percent, the personal income tax down to five percent, make the capital gains tax zero, take the payroll tax and bring it down for the employee and the employer. without bringing any new money to detroit, just leaving money in detroit is over a billion dollars that would stimulate detroit's economy. >> basically a flat tax but flat nonetheless. >> absolutely. flat and very low. we also look at regulations and try to get rid of the owner's regulations that's making it expensive for city government and for businesses to locate in detroit. we think if you combine all of this, that it would be the model for how you would rescue cities across the country but any impoveris
senator rand paul joins us from the motor city. tell us what your plan consists of. >> this is a free market plan to rescue detroit. weapon don't rescue detroit by taking money from houston or atlanta. we rescue detroit by leaving more money in detroit. what we've devised a plan that would dramatically lower taxes in detroit, bring the corporate income tax down to five percent, the personal income tax down to five percent, make the capital gains tax zero, take the payroll tax and bring it...
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the city hall has become a headquarters for protesters. all day people came in just to have a look and enjoy the food and hot drinks or to catch a nap. amidst all this. a workman removes the carpet so it will not get damaged. the problem for the opposition is where do they go from here. how do they turn occupation into victory. >> the way to solve the crisis is through early parliamentary elections. we want a no confidence resolution in the government of ukraine. they should resign. >> pictures have emerged from sunday night showing the police were, at times, brutal in their treatment of protesters and journalists. anton is a photographer. one of dozens who were beaten by riot police. he pleaded with them to stop. these are his bruises. this is all that is left of his camera. the police were on the receiving end. officials say 35 were hurt by protesters. some are in hospital. away from the city center, there are no protests, just the grim routine of life, and a cold winter. this is where we met tatiana, very much in favour of political cha
the city hall has become a headquarters for protesters. all day people came in just to have a look and enjoy the food and hot drinks or to catch a nap. amidst all this. a workman removes the carpet so it will not get damaged. the problem for the opposition is where do they go from here. how do they turn occupation into victory. >> the way to solve the crisis is through early parliamentary elections. we want a no confidence resolution in the government of ukraine. they should resign....
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got to love new york city this time of the year. rockefeller center, the lights glistening. >> it's a great city. boy, does it get cold too. >> it does. music fans will soon have an option in the quest to see their favorite band. >> tonight the city of concord expected to consider a new 10-year contract with live nation. under the deal it would have to bring at least 15 large concerts per year and spend $3.7 million to help renovate the 38-year-old amphitheat amphitheater. the deal will be discussed tonight at 6:30 at concord's city council meeting. >> the official announcement will be made, levi stadium will be home to wrestle mania. expected to bring $100 million into the local economy in the spring of 2014. wait a minute. that's next year. >> yeah. get your ticket. >> it's not going to be done though. maybe they will wrestle around in the parking lot. levi stadium is also considered as a host location for college football's national championship game in 2017 and hosting super bowl l. >> i'm looking forward to the head locks and t
got to love new york city this time of the year. rockefeller center, the lights glistening. >> it's a great city. boy, does it get cold too. >> it does. music fans will soon have an option in the quest to see their favorite band. >> tonight the city of concord expected to consider a new 10-year contract with live nation. under the deal it would have to bring at least 15 large concerts per year and spend $3.7 million to help renovate the 38-year-old amphitheat amphitheater. the...
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but at the time the direction connect to the history of the city being a city of immigrants 35 percent of all the small businesses in san francisco was owned by an immigrant. our whole history this city's been built on good immigrants who found ideas and employed others. and today that story has not changed. i think that the businesses in succeed if we have good sound business policies but we make sure there's comprehensive immigration reform. because we've he learned over the years is that there are millions of people in the state of california and undocumented folks in san francisco that are not part of our official economy that are hiding. because of fear that will not participate in health prevention because of fear. because of that we have to have an immigration policy it is forward-looking and make sure there's a path to censorship[p. we're in a worldwide talent war. are we going to lose to other great cities or are we going to make sure we're getting the talent. i know the conversations are a bit sensitive but we're not taking anything away from our companies. i have investments
but at the time the direction connect to the history of the city being a city of immigrants 35 percent of all the small businesses in san francisco was owned by an immigrant. our whole history this city's been built on good immigrants who found ideas and employed others. and today that story has not changed. i think that the businesses in succeed if we have good sound business policies but we make sure there's comprehensive immigration reform. because we've he learned over the years is that...
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but some bay area cities a't claims of e-cigar >>> the bay area city leading the charge on the crackdown on ecigarettes. they are pitched as a healthier alternative to regular cigarettes but some bay area cities are not buying the claims of ecigarette companies. our john ramos on a crackdown in the east bay. >> reporter: in the city of richmond, it's illegal to smoke cigarettes in any public place indoors or out or nearly anywhere elsewhere anyone else may take in the secondhand smoke but that didn't include the so-called new ecigarettes that deliver nicotine in a heated vapor form. >> the city every richmond has been a leader in trying to protect people in secondhand smoke and ecigarette smoke is still dangerous. not as bad as secondhand smoke but still bad. >> reporter: so at tuesday night's meeting they voted unanimously to add ecigarettes to the smoking restrictions but those who like the product say hold on. at this smoke shop in concord the owner's son says he used to smoke tobacco but was able to quit by using what they prefer to call a smoke pen. the device heats up a flavored li
but some bay area cities a't claims of e-cigar >>> the bay area city leading the charge on the crackdown on ecigarettes. they are pitched as a healthier alternative to regular cigarettes but some bay area cities are not buying the claims of ecigarette companies. our john ramos on a crackdown in the east bay. >> reporter: in the city of richmond, it's illegal to smoke cigarettes in any public place indoors or out or nearly anywhere elsewhere anyone else may take in the secondhand...
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as the lowest cost to the city. it also allows for a process to evaluate and prioritize the ifd is a concept that is still a very new one. there is only two that exist in the state and neither of them leverage debt which is what is needed in order to accomplish many of these projects. it's a complex financing mechanism. it's time consuming, it's administratively difficult to do and again we have general obligation bonds for participation which is two common ways we raise money for infrastructure as well as within our own capital plan there is pay as you go with general fund money and there are grants and other federal sources that can be leveraged with a portion of a general fund match in order to make infrastructure improvements in transportation and in parks and in other areas. so, it takes a long time to set up and an ifd the money doesn't come inform many many years. the recommendation from the controllers office and the mayor's office is to take a look at the way it's done and before entering into debt in order
as the lowest cost to the city. it also allows for a process to evaluate and prioritize the ifd is a concept that is still a very new one. there is only two that exist in the state and neither of them leverage debt which is what is needed in order to accomplish many of these projects. it's a complex financing mechanism. it's time consuming, it's administratively difficult to do and again we have general obligation bonds for participation which is two common ways we raise money for...
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hi deputy city attorney john. it's not illegal prohibited but the fact of this commission once a applicant speaks you ask them not to come up again on public comment but anyone has the right to participate in public comment. >> so excuse me. - and i would have said more easily i was told i had 2 minutes i would have brought guest speakers but the recommendations i speak 2 to 3 minutes i typically don't bring guest speakers if that i can have a few more minutes. >> i'm you had the opportunity. >> typically you got a couple of minutes we don't get a lot of guest speakers. >> we'll let pub go by and give you a chance to respond. >> any other public comments. i'm overview related brandon on behalf of mr. moedz i've known as a coworker for a number of years. i've served on the advisory broadway brfd for a number of years and moses came after that he was a sterile part of the board. i'm surprised the committee functions at a higher level. a lot of stance he does the official work that a lot of people don't see. because
hi deputy city attorney john. it's not illegal prohibited but the fact of this commission once a applicant speaks you ask them not to come up again on public comment but anyone has the right to participate in public comment. >> so excuse me. - and i would have said more easily i was told i had 2 minutes i would have brought guest speakers but the recommendations i speak 2 to 3 minutes i typically don't bring guest speakers if that i can have a few more minutes. >> i'm you had the...
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what message do you think the sense of the city is struggling a financial problem. the messages that is number one that if you want to balance your budget balance your budget on the backs of the most vulnerable about your budget on the backs of of that hard working middle class that made america great forget the promises that we may get the time the investment that folks have have engaged in and balanced budgets on the backs of attack every few things and this is the jest is that the question about revenue for cities becomes a secondary question in everything becomes about long term debt and austerity measures as opposed to talking about prosperity now jobs now increased revenue now in building up cash flow now that city of detroit has a cash flow problem maybe a tax collection problem but this long term debt conversation really really changed in terms of the debate and i think it i think we're trending in the wrong direction and i was speaking to trends would be reasonable or or fair to say that. thirty's until the eighty's roughly the reagan revolution that we wer
what message do you think the sense of the city is struggling a financial problem. the messages that is number one that if you want to balance your budget balance your budget on the backs of the most vulnerable about your budget on the backs of of that hard working middle class that made america great forget the promises that we may get the time the investment that folks have have engaged in and balanced budgets on the backs of attack every few things and this is the jest is that the question...
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new ruling opens the door for the motor city to cut billions of dollars in payments owed to city employees retiree's investors and other creditors earlier i spoke with anthony randolph director of economic research at the reason foundation about the city's bankruptcy troubles and i started off by asking him if he felt the judge's decision to greenlight detroit's chapter nine bankruptcy filing was the right thing to do. i do the made the right decision clearly detroit is insolvent and so the bondholders claims that they could raise taxes to pay off the stat or even sell things their assets are there are that they would have enough money from those sales to pay off their debt and still continue forward those arguments were spirits and the idea that detroit is an insolvent is crazy for the bar for the pension ers that claim that the constitution of michigan does not allow for the city to amend pension benefits they seem to have a pretty strong claim to the judge ruled that in years past that you go into bankruptcy is like this that you have to be able to break contracts and so he want to head
new ruling opens the door for the motor city to cut billions of dollars in payments owed to city employees retiree's investors and other creditors earlier i spoke with anthony randolph director of economic research at the reason foundation about the city's bankruptcy troubles and i started off by asking him if he felt the judge's decision to greenlight detroit's chapter nine bankruptcy filing was the right thing to do. i do the made the right decision clearly detroit is insolvent and so the...
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he's traveling to detroit to unveil a recovery plan for the city. he's here to explain the efforts himself. kentucky senator rand paul. good to see you. >> good to be with you, sean. >> bin laden's dead, detroit's alive? something to that effect? i remember hearing it during the campaign. didn't the president say it? >> if you like your car bailout, you can keep it, period. >> yeah. >> we need to try something different. for 50 years we have been trying government stimulus, trying to bail out cities that have been gone bankrupt. through bankruptcy we can find a new way. so i'm promoting economic free dom zones similar to enterprise zones from jack kemp 20 years ago. this is enterprise zones on steroids. this is a massive giveback of money that's already yours. we are not going to take it from houston to bail out detroit. we'll let detroit keep their money and bail themselves out. it's phenomenal how much money can be left in detroit simply by lowering the taxes in detroit. >> it's like kemp's enterprise zones on steroids. i looked over the plan. you
he's traveling to detroit to unveil a recovery plan for the city. he's here to explain the efforts himself. kentucky senator rand paul. good to see you. >> good to be with you, sean. >> bin laden's dead, detroit's alive? something to that effect? i remember hearing it during the campaign. didn't the president say it? >> if you like your car bailout, you can keep it, period. >> yeah. >> we need to try something different. for 50 years we have been trying government...
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we want them in this city. i want to have these people around and if we support bicycle infrastructure they will continue to come here and thank you and please continue your efforts. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi. thanks for having me today. i am michael wong and a five year resident in the year and russian hill and potrero hill and i have experienced a lot of the bike lanes in the city, some not safe like broadway before the tunnel and cutting over to pacific which is a very hard climb but i have been pleased to say that certain parts of the city i have seen massive improvements like market street or eighth street and separate bike way. i am excited if there is adequate money for bicycle infrastructure this could spread to the rest of the city and i will be a happier biker. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello i am amy chin. thank you supervisors for bringing this topic up today. i live in the marina and software engineer in the plaza. as we said we know all of the merits of implementing this bi
we want them in this city. i want to have these people around and if we support bicycle infrastructure they will continue to come here and thank you and please continue your efforts. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi. thanks for having me today. i am michael wong and a five year resident in the year and russian hill and potrero hill and i have experienced a lot of the bike lanes in the city, some not safe like broadway before the tunnel and cutting over to pacific which is a very...
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i hope we can reach out to other folks and have more meetings outside of city hall. it's fairly mulch to learn a lot of parpz and i hope to continue to partner >> just two items i wanted to thank the viral staff who helped to plan this is set up it takes a lot of energy to do this outside of city hall thank you to geronimo. i want to say this as part of the commissioners report new business the san francisco climate action strategy is complete it's hot off the presses. yes. role role huge congratulations to the staff (calling names) many other staff but this is going to be something i assume will be agenda listed either at full commission but it's hot off the presses how to do everything critiquing creating jobs and becoming for resilient and leading the way through the future. congratulations to staff it's here (clapping) >> thanks everyone we're just really happy to be here and learn worrying to take away a lot you're our combroirgs if we can think about the policies we prop but if it's not resonating with you the folks on the group particularly the people here hav
i hope we can reach out to other folks and have more meetings outside of city hall. it's fairly mulch to learn a lot of parpz and i hope to continue to partner >> just two items i wanted to thank the viral staff who helped to plan this is set up it takes a lot of energy to do this outside of city hall thank you to geronimo. i want to say this as part of the commissioners report new business the san francisco climate action strategy is complete it's hot off the presses. yes. role role huge...
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supporting the mayor, the department of the environment and the office of public finance to enable city residents to finance the energy and renewal capital improvement improvement and take other action necessary thereof. >> thank you mr. clerk. this item colleagues is a resolution i introduced and sponsored with the mayor with the revitaltation of greenfinancesf and that we support the office of the department and to take the appropriate steps to get greenfinancesf up and running. i want to thank all my cosponsors for their cosponsorship. in particular i want to thank supervisor mar for his early leadership on the issue. when the program was first put for thed and stalled in 2010 and with ground work with stakeholders from all of the communities and last tuesday the mayor and i announced to kick start greenfinancesf and continue san francisco's tradition of combating climate change, push out city down the path of reducing greenhouse gas emission goals and put san franciscans to in the neighborhoods and finance projects in their home. this program for residential properties of our units
supporting the mayor, the department of the environment and the office of public finance to enable city residents to finance the energy and renewal capital improvement improvement and take other action necessary thereof. >> thank you mr. clerk. this item colleagues is a resolution i introduced and sponsored with the mayor with the revitaltation of greenfinancesf and that we support the office of the department and to take the appropriate steps to get greenfinancesf up and running. i want...
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as a result, the city of los angeles, in order to protect future flooding in the city, they decided to take the los angeles river and make it a flood control channel. they concreted the walls of the river in order for water to get to ocean much faster. narrator: cities throughout southern california converted natural rivers to these concrete channels, part of their storm drain systems. this allowed expanding development without the need for large flood plains. kharaghani: the los angeles river is approximately 51 miles. concrete reduces the size of the river that you need to carry the water because it speeds up the flow of water. if you'd like to remove all the concrete and to have natural system to carry the water to protect you from flooding, you need to have almost one mile on each side of the river set aside for transport of rain. so in order for the city to have use of those lands around the river, concrete made it possible to have minimum land so the water can be carried to the ocean in the fastest possible way. but, unfortunately, because of population growth and poor housekeepi
as a result, the city of los angeles, in order to protect future flooding in the city, they decided to take the los angeles river and make it a flood control channel. they concreted the walls of the river in order for water to get to ocean much faster. narrator: cities throughout southern california converted natural rivers to these concrete channels, part of their storm drain systems. this allowed expanding development without the need for large flood plains. kharaghani: the los angeles river...
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can we maer from city staff on this matter. one of you please speak. >> john nalan from the city attorney's office. at the conclusion of last week's hearing, the department of public works contacted the appellant and offered to her the deferral process. there is -- and dpw has been in contact with her. there is a check that dpw has to refund the fee at this point and then i'll collect it until the map is ready to be reported. she's not picked up the check yet. >> so, we're waiting for her to make arrangements with dpw to pick up the check. >> okay, so my understanding is that this has been resolved in a way that the appellant has found satisfactory? >> i believe so. we did contact her to ask if she wanted to continue this appeal before the board of supervisors or whether the fee deferral was satisfactory, and she did not respond one way or the other. >> okay, i understand, is the appellant here? if you want to please step up and let us know your perspective of the appeal. we wanted to provide a little time for you to speak to o
can we maer from city staff on this matter. one of you please speak. >> john nalan from the city attorney's office. at the conclusion of last week's hearing, the department of public works contacted the appellant and offered to her the deferral process. there is -- and dpw has been in contact with her. there is a check that dpw has to refund the fee at this point and then i'll collect it until the map is ready to be reported. she's not picked up the check yet. >> so, we're waiting...
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i don't see how a city can function when only 10 percent can afford to live in the city. i wish you a lot of lucky think you will succeed thank you >> next speaker
i don't see how a city can function when only 10 percent can afford to live in the city. i wish you a lot of lucky think you will succeed thank you >> next speaker
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and we do want to have success for everyone in the city. and everybody in some way including the kids in my family all touched muni in one way so it's a major transit mode we want to support and when it comes to saves they have to be a safe place for everyone. thank you to all the offered and the people and the entire safety compliment that works directly with metropolitan and as well as our police department. only on a day to day basis but they've been there with our officers to supplement all that the muni needs to do. we've invested in the improvement of our public safety. this summer as you heard chief and i and others in the technology world in the city likewise our officers to save time and allowing them to use smart phones that are connected no to the system that our attorney general has. we also invested in the community ambassador program to get them trained. those are residents of people that live in the tenderloin south of market in the bay view or vigilance valley they're walking the streets they can be the additional eyes and a
and we do want to have success for everyone in the city. and everybody in some way including the kids in my family all touched muni in one way so it's a major transit mode we want to support and when it comes to saves they have to be a safe place for everyone. thank you to all the offered and the people and the entire safety compliment that works directly with metropolitan and as well as our police department. only on a day to day basis but they've been there with our officers to supplement all...
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they are fueled in new york city and sussex. now, i don't want to alarm you, though it is alarming, but what -- part of what has happenedded is that in some places, sussex county being one of them, the way there were certain hate crimes classified as vandalism. if you write something awful on the wall of a synagogue, which is often the case, that used to be vandalism. that was the hate crime. the numbers have gone up in part because of that. okay? i think it's embarrassing, frankly, when you read the report that new york state, hate crimes have gone up 30%, and that the two places that are responsible for that, are sussex county, and new york city. i think we need to be clear that we're really not out of the woods just because we live in new york city. the second question that i wanted to say is you question this is difficult to answer because, clearly, i'm not in this kid head; right? i was not able to speak to any of them. i was able to speak to the parents of two families that have said, and it's complicated to know exactly w
they are fueled in new york city and sussex. now, i don't want to alarm you, though it is alarming, but what -- part of what has happenedded is that in some places, sussex county being one of them, the way there were certain hate crimes classified as vandalism. if you write something awful on the wall of a synagogue, which is often the case, that used to be vandalism. that was the hate crime. the numbers have gone up in part because of that. okay? i think it's embarrassing, frankly, when you...
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. >> these actually effect the city, office holders and city employees who have to file these. >> right. >> i agree with with mr. st. croix that this is something that is overdue in regard to all city activities that allow for electronic use of things rather than get us out of the paper age, so that it is certainly a good idea. >> i have observation which of what must be a typo or a mistake. in regards to the attachment, and the form for the certificate of ethics training. that is involved and attached and this died and i believe that there is a mistake, in the first bullet point, where it says please review the following to determine when you must complete the training. it says if you are completing training in 2013 you must complete your ethics training within two years of your last training and here is where i think that the mistake is, for example, if you are satisfied in your training on march 3, 2013, you must complete another ethics training session by march second, 2014 and that is a contradiction. if it says that you have two years that should be, you must complete another ethi
. >> these actually effect the city, office holders and city employees who have to file these. >> right. >> i agree with with mr. st. croix that this is something that is overdue in regard to all city activities that allow for electronic use of things rather than get us out of the paper age, so that it is certainly a good idea. >> i have observation which of what must be a typo or a mistake. in regards to the attachment, and the form for the certificate of ethics...